Brenda K Wiederhold

Psychologist,
VRMC #VirtualReality Co-Founder
EIC @Cyberpsychology_Jn
CEO @IMIhealth

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Overcome your fear of flying with our cutting-edge VR therapy! ✈️ Personalized, expert care to help you soar. Visit https://t.co/ZoRdIiTzrC #FearOfFlying.

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📚 April 2026 Editorial Published @Cyberpsych_Jn @SAGEPublishers
“Rewired: How Digital Mediation Is Reshaping Human Memory” As direct witnesses to major historical events pass away, how will future generations remember? Increasingly, memory is no longer transmitted only through lived stories and human connection, but through algorithms, AI, social media, and immersive technologies. This editorial explores:
• Digital amnesia and outsourced recall
• AI-generated memorialization
• VR and immersive historical education
• Collective memory in the age of social media
• The ethical risks of manipulated memory and deepfakes
Technology may help preserve historical understanding and emotional connection, but it also challenges us to protect authenticity, critical thinking, and human narrative.
Read free on SAGE:
https://t.co/eg0rKyfffV.
#Cyberpsychology #ArtificialIntelligence #VirtualReality #DigitalMemory #MentalHealth #History #Technology
If this short editorial interests you, check out Homelands: A Personal History of Europe by @fromTGA

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Just published: "From Human Web to Agentic Web: When Machines Become the Internet’s Primary Users"The web was made for us... but soon machines & AI agents will be its main inhabitants. Implications for psychology, behavior, & society?OnlineFirst in Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking https://t.co/JMS7YpDPHd we ready for an internet that talks mostly to itself?#AI #AgenticWeb #Cyberpsychology #FutureOfWeb @LiebertPub @SageJournals @CYPSYConference @IMIhealth

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#CognitiveWarfare #StrategicCommunications #AIDefense #Neuroscience #HybridThreats Pleased to share our new open-access paper in Frontiers in Psychology: "Emotionally based strategic communications as a new tool in defensive cognitive warfare" (Cosic, Popovic, Wiederhold). We propose #EBSC — an AI + cognitive neuroscience approach to counter disinformation & hybrid threats by building emotional resilience & societal cohesion in EU/NATO contexts. Read it here: https://t.co/ekQkxN7nNR @NATO @EU_Commission @FrontiersIn @FrontPsychol

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New publication!
“Inoculation Theory in the Digital Age: Resilience Against Disinformation” is now out in @Cyberpsych_Jn @LiebertPub @SAGEPublishers
We explore how psychology, AI, and prebunking can strengthen cognitive resilience in an era of fast-moving false narratives. Read here: https://t.co/NN7ujzP66B #Cyberpsychology #DigitalResilience #InoculationTheory #Disinformation #AIandSociety

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On Veterans Day, I pause to honor the men and women who have worn the uniform and defended the freedoms we cherish. Freedom isn’t free—it's secured by their courage and sacrifice. Though I’ve never served, my teams and I have had the privilege of supporting troops in the U.S. and across Europe. Thank you, veterans, for your service. 🇺🇸#VeteransDay #ThankYouVeterans

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Today marks Armistice Day—the moment the guns fell silent in 1918. We remember the courage of all who served, sacrificed, and kept watch so peace could follow. Lest we forget. 🌺 #ArmisticeDay #Remembrance

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👇 *This* is why #CYPSY29’s “Human 5.0” theme matters: **evidence-based VR therapy is here, now, and working.**

APA Monitor just featured 25+ yrs of VRMC’s clinical results — 70–90% phobia relief, scalable via telehealth.

Bring your data, apps, or ethics debates to Porto, June 2026.

📢 **Abstracts close Jan 31** → https://t.co/mZypigwxpe

Tag your VR collaborator! #VRtherapy #MentalHealthTech

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Featured in APA Monitor (Oct 2025): "Virtual Reality Therapy" — how VR is transforming anxiety & PTSD treatment! As VRMC Co-Founder since '96, I'm sharing 25+ yrs of immersive exposure: 70-90% phobia relief, safer than real-world. Quote: “VR rewires fears without the real life risks.” https://t.co/OVvouNHPwr
Fuel for #CYPSY29! Abstracts open: https://t.co/mZypigwxpe #VRtherapy #MentalHealthTech 🔗 https://t.co/OVvouNHPwr
📷https://t.co/V6NQhKxRoI
@APA
@LusofonaUniv
@pedrogamito @Cyberpsych_Jn @CYPSYConference @IMIHealth

[Brenda K Wiederhold @VirtualBrenda]

Featured in APA Monitor (Oct 2025): "Virtual Reality Therapy" — how VR is transforming anxiety & PTSD treatment! As VRMC Co-Founder since '96, I'm sharing 25+ yrs of immersive exposure: 70-90% phobia relief, safer than real-world. Quote: “VR rewires fears without the real life risks.” https://t.co/OVvouNHPwr
Fuel for #CYPSY29! Abstracts open: https://t.co/mZypigwxpe #VRtherapy #MentalHealthTech 🔗 https://t.co/OVvouNHPwr
📷https://t.co/V6NQhKxRoI
@APA
@LusofonaUniv
@pedrogamito @Cyberpsych_Jn @CYPSYConference @IMIHealth

[Brenda K Wiederhold @VirtualBrenda]

@CYPSYConference @IMIhealth 🔗 Submit now: https://t.co/13OYcbeji5
#CyberPsych #MentalHealthTech #VRtherapy #DigitalEthics @Cyberpsych_Jn
@pedrogamito
@VirtualBrenda
@LusofonaUniv
@IMIHealth
@malcaniz

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📷 Deadline: 31 Jan 2026
📷 CALL FOR ABSTRACTS — #CYPSY29 submissions are NOW OPEN!
📍 Porto, Portugal | 📷Co-chairs:@pedrogamito, Brenda K. Wiederhold, & Stéphane Bouchard
Hosted by @LusofonaUniv| Organized by @LusofonaUniv @IMIHealth

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@CYPSYConference turns 29! For nearly 3 decades,@IMIHealth has led the charge in tech-driven mental health & human-computer interaction.
Students, clinicians, devs, researchers — join us in Porto to shape the future.

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📷 Deadline: 31 Jan 2026
📷 CALL FOR ABSTRACTS — #CYPSY29 submissions are NOW OPEN!
📍 Porto, Portugal | 📷Co-chairs:@pedrogamito, Brenda K. Wiederhold, & Stéphane Bouchard
Hosted by @LusofonaUniv| Organized by @LusofonaUniv @IMIHealth

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SAVE THE DATE! 29th Annual CyberPsychology, CyberTherapy & Social Networking Conference, Porto, Portugal, 30 Jun-2 Jul 2026 Human 5.0: Behaviour, Well-being & Ethical Tech @HEI_lab_Human @IMIhealth https://t.co/13OYcbeji5 @pedrogamito @Cyberpsych_Jn @LiebertPub

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Understanding Thalassophobia: When Fear of the Ocean Becomes Overwhelming | Virtual Reality Medical Center https://t.co/sXiq9QTuMY

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VR Therapy Isn’t Just Emerging; It’s Validated | Virtual Reality Medical Center https://t.co/5795yZsH6b

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Stress at 35,000 feet?
In this @Cyberpsych_Jn @LiebertPub editorial I explore how tech—from #VR simulations to #HRV tracking—can safeguard the mental health of #pilots & air traffic controllers. https://t.co/v0TCfmIyPs
#AviationSafety #MentalHealth #AI #VR #Cyberpsychology

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Can we detect hackers by their heartbeat? In this @Cyberpsych_Jn @LiebertPub perspective I explore how HRV, EEG, & other biometrics may help unmask cyber threats before damage is done https://t.co/UR36bDBZX8 #Biometrics #CyberThreats #HumanFactors #Cyberpsych #HRV #CyberSecurity